"With airbrushing and digital manipulation, fashion can be an unobtainable image."

By
Digital Spy

Mar 31, 2014

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Emma Watson has spoken about the pressures of looking good as she gets older.

The Harry Potter actress told the Sunday Times that the media often gives people a false image of what celebrities look like in real life.

"As a younger woman, that pressure got me down, but I've made peace with it," she said. "With airbrushing and digital manipulation, fashion can be an unobtainable image that's dangerously unhealthy.

"I'm excited about the aging process. I'm more interested in women who aren't perfect. They're more compelling."

Speaking about her first day at Brown University in the US, she said: "On the first day I walked into the canteen and everyone went completely silent and turned around to look at me.

"I had to say to myself, 'It's okay, you can do this'. You just have to take a deep breath and gather your courage. I have moments when I walked into a bar and it will take me making a joke to put people at ease and realize I am just a girl."